Compare And Contrast Erikson's Identity Versus Role Diffusion
Introduction
According to Erikson’s (1950) identity versus role diffusion, “adolescents must develop a sense of who they are and where they are going in life or they become confused about their identity” (p. 214). A great portion of who I am today has been affected by the years of my adolescence between the ages of eleven to twenty years of age. This time period of my life was crucial as I struggled to figure out who I was and why my life turned out the way it was. Being abandoned at the age of three by own birth mother highly influenced the decisions I made over the years as I was entering young adulthood. I struggled to maintain relationships and trust with the family and friends and at the age of twenty-six today, I still have difficulty accepting the fact that the one person who was supposed to love me the most simply did not. At this point in time, I have learned different coping-mechanisms of dealing with my past and have gotten better at accepting the life that was given to me but it still has not yet been resolved.
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I remember when there was award ceremonies or events at school and I saw many nuclear families but the image of my family was much like a washed up painting, it didn’t make sense. My paternal Grandmother was the one who raised me and helped guide me to the man I am today. Although she did struggle as well as she was legally blind and diabetic, at a young age of around twelve I dealt with a variety of psychological changes where I was more mature than other relatives or friends my age. “Psychological development in adolescence is multifaceted. Adolescents have psychological reactions, sometimes dramatic, to the biological, social, and cultural dimensions of their lives. They become capable of and interested in discovering and forming their psychological selves” (Rew,
According to Erikson’s (1950) identity versus role diffusion, “adolescents must develop a sense of who they are and where they are going in life or they become confused about their identity” (p. 214). A great portion of who I am today has been affected by the years of my adolescence between the ages of eleven to twenty years of age. This time period of my life was crucial as I struggled to figure out who I was and why my life turned out the way it was. Being abandoned at the age of three by own birth mother highly influenced the decisions I made over the years as I was entering young adulthood. I struggled to maintain relationships and trust with the family and friends and at the age of twenty-six today, I still have difficulty accepting the fact that the one person who was supposed to love me the most simply did not. At this point in time, I have learned different coping-mechanisms of dealing with my past and have gotten better at accepting the life that was given to me but it still has not yet been resolved.
Developmental dimensions …show more content…
I remember when there was award ceremonies or events at school and I saw many nuclear families but the image of my family was much like a washed up painting, it didn’t make sense. My paternal Grandmother was the one who raised me and helped guide me to the man I am today. Although she did struggle as well as she was legally blind and diabetic, at a young age of around twelve I dealt with a variety of psychological changes where I was more mature than other relatives or friends my age. “Psychological development in adolescence is multifaceted. Adolescents have psychological reactions, sometimes dramatic, to the biological, social, and cultural dimensions of their lives. They become capable of and interested in discovering and forming their psychological selves” (Rew,